A Great Chaos

A Great Chaos is Ken Carson’s third studio album, following up his July 2022 sophomore album, X and its deluxe, and his January 2023 mixtape, lost files 4.

Information of a new album started back on February 14, 2023, where Ken released new merch to his website. The merch contained two new t-shirts, with the text displaying: “A GREAT CHAOS.” That same day, Ken released the lead single for this album, titled “i need u.”

Throughout the months of September 2022 through June 2023, Ken played a wide variety of snippets, with some fans speculating that tracks like “jennifer’s body,” “it’s over,” and many more would end up being on the album.

Then on May 31, 2023, Ken Carson took to Twitter hinting on something being released in July of that year. Two days later, Ken would take to Instagram revealing two new beanies, with the album’s title engraved, further hinting on a new album being on the way. That same day, Ken would take to Twitter confirming the album’s name and a July 17 release date.

On June 4, 2023, Ken made a private account on Instagram, named agreatchaos. In that account, Ken would post promotional images of the album, alongside speculated merch for the album, which included t-shirts, hats, and a backpack. The account was deactivated and later reactivated on March 14, 2024.

Then on June 14, 2023, Ken Carson’s manager took to Instagram stories speaking about the album, in which he states

#AGC
Album of the yr I promise

After continuing to promote the album, on June 25, 2023, Ken Carson took to Twitter revealing the album’s original tracklist, with Destroy Lonely and Lil Uzi Vert being the album’s sole features, despite the tracklist removing the features.

Although the album was originally set to be released on July 17, the album would seem to get pushed back for reasons out of Ken’s control, as stated in a now-deleted tweet:

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To make up for the delay, Ken would tease on Twitter hinting on the release of the album’s promotional single, “its over,” to which it was speculated that it would be coming out on July 21, however that ended up not being the case.

On August 11, 2023, Ken Carson stated in an Instagram livestream announcing that he would be releasing both “paranoid” with Destroy Lonely and “codeine sipper” prior to the upcoming Antagonist tour from Opium.

After leaving the album’s status in the dark, on August 13, 2023, Ken Carson took to Twitter hinting on “it’s over’s” release, simply with the caption reading:

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On September 7, 2023, Ken Carson took to Twitter hinting the album’s release date for October 13. He confirmed the release date by posting on social media a picture to which on the top right, it revealed the album’s release date.

Right when October 6 hit at midnight, fans were greeted to a surprise announcement from Ken on social media, in which he shared a pre-save link to the album, to which revealed the official cover art. The album was also upgraded to eighteen tracks instead of fourteen, with “i need u” serving as the closer.

The entire album leaked on October 9, 2023, four days before its release. On October 11, 2023, the tracklist was officially revealed to the public.